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If you are evaluating Azure virtual machines for hosting your workloads, you can export an existing Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 Windows VM instance then upload the virtual hard disk (VHD) to Azure. Once the VHD is uploaded, you can create a new VM in Azure from the VHD.

Specialized VHD - a specialized VHD maintains the user accounts, applications and other state data from your original VM. If you intend to use the VHD as-is to create a new VM, ensure the following steps are completed.